Bill Winters, the chief executive of UK bank Standard Chartered, has stated that nearly all transactions will be settled on the blockchain, eventually. Winters was speaking at an event during Hong Kong Fintech Week. In addition to his views on blockchain,...
The company is developing solar and wind projects in the fast-expanding Indian market, and plans to expand its operations across Asia. British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), is providing a $75m financing facility to Blueleaf Energy, an...
Foreign investment flows dropped in Q2 after rise in Q1. Global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) came in weaker in the first half of 2025, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In a new...
The project serves as a key element of Iberdrola's Baltic Hub strategy. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €500m green loan to support Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm, a renewable energy project currently being built...
Non-interest income rose 178.6% year-on-year to $204.1m. Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank, stock code HDB) reported consolidated 9M 2025 profit before tax of US$562.4 million, up 17% YoY. Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial...
NPL ratio of 1.7% is lower than the 3.6% industry average, the bank said. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) delivered record earnings of $635.77m in the first nine months of 2025, according to a bourse filing. The Philippine bank attributed...
UBS’ invested assets grew by 4% sequentially to $6.9trn, driven by growth across all core business segments. UBS has reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of $2.4bn for the third quarter of 2025 (Q3), representing a 74% increase...
Non-oil revenues in Saudi Arabia rose 1 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2025 to SR119.1 billion ($31.76 billion), according to the Ministry of Finance. The government’s budget performance report for the three months to the end...
Spearheaded by the European Central Bank through the AMI-SeCo working group, ISO 20022 sets a clear path toward harmonised and automated post-trade processes across the continent. The European financial market is undergoing a significant transformation with the progressive adoption of...
Global hedge fund industry assets reached a record $4.98 trillion in the third quarter of 2025 as managers and investors capitalised on a broad risk-on environment across strategies and regions, according to research firm HFR’s data. Industry capital rose by...
